Each Thursday right here at Battle Hype, I pull out my gigantic, bulbous, bulging sack and provides truth-minded boxing followers a gander. This week, I shoot ropes of reality throughout feedback/questions concerning Ryan Garcia’s meltdown(s), Canelo on PBC (?), and Joshua-Ngannou.
The Newest on the Canelo Confusion
Hey Paul.
I’ve been making an attempt to observe this complete Canelo/PBC/DAZN story, however I’m misplaced. There’s simply a lot conflicting and unclear or clearly biased info out on social media that I don’t know what’s occurring. Are you able to present some readability on this case? What are you able to inform us about Canelo, the place he’ll be combating Could 4 and towards who?
— Dennis from SF.
Hey Dennis.
It doesn’t matter what I say right here, the knowledge could also be wildly outdated by the point this Mail Sack will get posted. As issues stand proper now, as I write this, it seems that Canelo will likely be combating Jaime Munguia Could 4 on Amazon Prime, below the PBC banner. It’s not clear but how the enterprise stuff will likely be dealt with as Munguia is a Zanfer Promotions fighter, who’s co-promoted within the US by Golden Boy. I’m assuming that the DAZN broadcast deal is labored by way of Golden Boy, so Munguia can be free to struggle elsewhere. My semi-educated guess is that PBC and Zanfer are working collectively on this deal and dealing round Golden Boy, who may put up a fuss in regards to the broadcast specifics, however received’t. Golden Boy, with Ryan Garcia in full psychological collapse mode and Vergil Ortiz simply beginning to get again to exercise, can’t afford to place any distance between themselves and Munguia/Zanfer by standing in the way in which of this large cash struggle. In a worst case state of affairs for GBP, they get nothing however the rights to broadcast broken items in Munguia after he will get beat by Canelo.
However, once more, we actually don’t know what’s happening. PBC retains their enterprise behind closed doorways (like an precise enterprise!) and Canelo’s camp of trusted reps is small and tight-knit, so leaks aren’t widespread. That’s why any and all information you’ve been listening to in media and social media needs to be seen with a sure diploma of skepticism.
Ryan Garcia…WTF?
Magno.
WTF is occurring with Ryan Garcia? This boy appears to be dropping his thoughts. Is he on one thing or is he simply having a psychological breakdown? I learn that Barboza was introduced in as a substitute opponent for Devin Haney in case Garcia doesn’t make April 20. I’m considering Garcia received’t be making the date. What’s happening?
— Luis Cardoza
Hey Luis.
Ryan Garcia is in a nasty place. His lack of readability is rising and he appears to don’t have anything however enablers round him, completely happy to be hangers-on for no matter cash and status might come their manner. It doesn’t look good. Wednesday morning, his social media discuss escalated into Aliens, Elon Musk is the anti-christ, and ritual satanic rape and sacrifice. To ignite the frenzied path to self-destruction, his discuss has discovered him allies within the weirdo conspiracy concept set, who are actually speeding to place him on a pedestal. Consequently, Ryan has not too long ago known as himself a prophet, doing the work of God as an anointed one, whereas saying that “they” have threatened to, actually, crucify him for talking out towards their evil, satanic methods. This is not going to prove nicely for the child.
Boxing must be low on the record of issues in the case of Ryan Garcia. BUT. If Garcia pulls out (or is pulled out), I don’t suppose that April 20 date stands. Haney might struggle Barboza, however not April 20 and most assuredly not on pay-per-view. In the event that they do undergo with Haney-Barboza on that date, it’ll be off pay-per-view (and purses will likely be adjusted accordingly). Are you able to think about making an attempt to promote Haney-Barboza two weeks earlier than Canelo-Munguia?
Canelo, Ryan (Once more)
Hey Paul.
Love the column, hope all is nicely with you.
Effectively, first off I’m a giant Canelo, however all this discuss with Munguia, Berlanga, Benavidez is getting actually irritating. He must struggle Benavidez, interval. The opposite guys are good ones, however he walks proper by way of these different guys. I don’t like the way in which he’s going in regards to the Could 4th struggle. It’s getting outdated and annoying. He must struggle or Munguia in Could, Benavidez in September and beat the shit out of that hype job Edgar Berlanga in 2025 to retire and that’s that. Let me know what you suppose.
Additionally, what’s up with this fool Ryan Garcia? The child’s an fool searching for an excuse to get out of that boring struggle with Haney. It’s gonna be a 12-round resolution for Haney and Garcia will likely be executed after that. Inform me what you suppose. Thanks.
— AF
Hey AF.
I talked about loads of the Canelo and Ryan Garcia stuff within the earlier responses, so I received’t repeat myself.
You’re right– Benavidez is, by far, the most suitable choice for Canelo in each doable sense. Munguia is a good compromise between the most suitable choice and the shitty choices, however I’d be disillusioned if the Benavidez struggle isn’t made subsequent. It’s just one struggle, however this might be such a transparent case of avoidance, that it WILL have an effect on Canelo’s legacy, IMO.
I don’t suppose Ryan is faking any of this or making an attempt to get out of the Haney struggle. I feel he’s having a reliable psychological breakdown that will or might not have been exasperated by substance abuse points. That’s simply my take. However I feel it’s fairly clear that his poor psychological state is for actual.
Joshua-Ngannou
Hey Mags!
Any ideas on Joshua vs Ngannou this Friday? Regardless of the cool promo video, there’s been zero buzz about this struggle. Most likely as a result of it’s a most unserious occasion I might guess.
Preserve giving ‘em hell my man
— Damon
Hey Damon.
Nope. I haven’t given this struggle a lot thought in any respect. Really, I simply realized that it’ll be a Friday afternoon struggle within the Americas, which is sweet for me, however unhealthy for the thought of turning a revenue on an occasion the place the primary occasion fighters, alone, will reportedly be incomes about $70 million. However, as I discussed earlier than, the Saudis in all probability aren’t working this boxing enterprise to show a revenue. Contemplate Joshua-Ngannou to be a $70 million industrial for Saudi tourism as a Las Vegas of the Center East (the place they often behead folks).
My hopes for this struggle are the identical as my pre-fight hopes for Tyson Fury-Francis Ngannou. I’m hoping for Joshua to be embarrassed and for Ngannou to land one thing huge that drops him. Cynicism deserves cynicism. However I feel Joshua discovered a lesson from watching Fury humiliate himself by taking the boxing novice frivolously and he’ll struggle cautiously behind a jab that Ngannou received’t have the ability to work round. Ultimately, he’ll land one thing huge and cease Ngannou. Then, we will all get again to actual heavyweight boxing enterprise.
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